2 weeks Ago By Staff reports
DULUTH — The Carleton aerial attack was too much for St. Scholastica football to handle on Saturday, as the visiting Knights threw for nearly 400 yards in a confident 35-14 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football win at Walt Hunting Stadium-Marv Heikkinen Field in Duluth. The Knights largely eschewed the ground game, managing only seven net yards on 14 attempts, but they didn't need them, as quarterback Jack Curtis was a prolific and efficient 36-for-47 passing for 383 yards and five touchdowns.
Tyler Dimond caught three scores and 10 passes for 137 yards, including both touchdowns Carleton used to take a 14-0 lead after a quarter. ADVERTISEMENT Nick Schlender scored CSS's first points of the day on a 1-yard dive early in the second quarter, but Carleton had three more passing TDs before a late consolation score from Donald West to Andrew Burgess. West was 20-for-32 for 141 yards passing, while Schlender ran for a team-best 64 yards on 13 attempts.
The Saints (2-5, 1-4 MIAC) welcome Saint John's to Duluth on Saturday, Nov. 2. VOLLEYBALL Saints sweep Cardinals St.
Scholastica got its second win of the MIAC volleyball season by sweeping Saint Mary's 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-18) on the road in Winona on Saturday. CSS kept the pressure up offensively and took advantage of an error-prone Cardinals attack. Lindsey Baribeau had 13 kills in the win, while Grace Myhre and Katlyn Jones posted seven apiece.
Myhre added 25 assists and was one of three Saints in double figures in digs with 11. Bryn Ziegler had a team-best 16 while Cassidy Lustig added 11. On Thursday, CSS dropped a 3-1 (10-26, 26-24, 25-19, 25-21) MIAC decision to Macalester.
ADVERTISEMENT After posting 16 kills to the Scots' five in the first set, CSS couldn't handle Macalester's rally to get back into the match, committing 28 attack errors over the last three sets. Lustig led CSS with 14 kills, while Baribeau added 11 and Jones 10. Myhre dished out 40 assists and was the team co-leader in digs with 17 alongside Lustig and Bailee Hess.
CSS (12-14, 2-6 MIAC) hosts St. Catherine on Friday. WOMEN'S SOCCER Saints surrender hat trick A Jayla Ponce hat trick spoiled St.
Scholastica's last road trip of the MIAC season in a 3-0 loss at Augsburg on Saturday in Minneapolis. Ponce's first two goals came on penalty kicks in the 29th and 31st minutes, before she finished off the feat in the 76th minute. CSS had nine shot attempts, three on target, without success.
Goalkeeper Gracie Meagher made five saves. ADVERTISEMENT On Tuesday, CSS dropped a 5-2 road decision to Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Kaitlyn Sautter and Jordyn Randa scored tying goals for the Saints in the first half, but the Bennies took the lead for good just before halftime and added to their edge twice in the second period. Meagher racked up 17 saves for the Saints. UWS (0-14-4, 0-9-1 MIAC) concludes the season with a home game vs.
Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday. MEN'S SOCCER Rough week for Saints An early ejection put St. Scholastica on the back foot in a 6-0 MIAC loss at Augsburg on Saturday.
Augsburg's opening goal in the 16th minute came with a red card to CSS midfielder Truls Wichstrom-Johansen, leaving the Saints to play a man short the rest of the way. The Auggies took advantage, leading 3-0 at halftime and adding three more after the break. Diego Veit finished with a pair of goals.
For the Saints, goalkeeper Ben Hallberg finished with 15 saves. ADVERTISEMENT On Wednesday, St. Scholastica suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss at Saint John's, as the Johnnies scored twice in the last 2 1/2 minutes to steal the win, only after CSS had rallied from 2-0 down to take the lead.
CSS trailed 2-0 after just 18 minutes, but Gabriel Marchesoni eliminated the deficit, first scoring in the 37th minute, then converting from the penalty spot in the 61st minute. David Lopez put the Saints into a surprising lead with his goal in the 80th minute off an assist from Wichstrom-Johansen, but McKaid Schotzko and Luke Madden scored 2:12 apart to win it, with the latter goal coming just two seconds from the end. CSS (3-14-1, 1-8 MIAC) concludes the season with a home game vs.
Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday..
